SPRINGFIELD – The 2024-2025 Illinois bobcat season concluded with 649 bobcats harvested by hunters and trappers. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources issued 2,000 bobcat permits in the bobcat lottery out of 9,200 applicants. That is 1,000 more permits than last year. Research from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale indicated the Illinois bobcat population could support an increased annual harvest without causing the population to decline.
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